uaitera. n. half and half.
a. two sided, in two pieces, double bladed, etc.
vc. kauaitera ... kaka ...: to make, have or carry by each holding an end.
ua-itera. vt.
to do by halves <half>, to cut, divide, or separate in two, to make two equal parts, etc.

uákæka. va. curled up through heat or cold.
va. curled as the hair.
n.
curling up through heat or cold.
uakaáka. vi. behampered as when attended by several small children.
vi. beburdened with many packages.
n. care of a number of children.

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uakaka. n. bristle.
v.
to bristle up.
a. hairy, hirsute, bristling, dishevelled.
vc. kauakaka: to make, ... to bristle up, to make bristle or hair stand up (feather, spikes, etc.).
uakaka1. n. entanglements, embarrassments, worries <worry>.
v.
to have ..., to bear or have many worries, be entangled in many matters.
vc. kauakaka: to give ...

uakana

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uaákana. pron. thosemenwho, those boys who.
vi.
engage repeatedly in taking food to a person.
n.
repeated carrying of food to a person.
uaákanaa. vt. go to or visit a person for the purpose of giving him food repeatedly.

uároko. intj.
exclamation of confidence in one's championship.
n. gift or present brought as to a chief.
vi.
taking a present to a chief.

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uaroko. nv.
to have, or bring presents when paying one's respects.
uaroko1. intj.
(many meanings) to urge on.
ex. uaroko!go on!
to a neglectful friend; uaroko? so you have come at last! it is a long time since I saw you last!

ua-tari. nv.
(1) to have, give, or carry juice, liquid.
v.
(2) to carry one's share of toddy to the co-operative for making molasses, to give one's contribution to ...
(3) to make or leave a wake, wash, track in water.

uea. n. king, soverign.
ex. uea aine: queen.
uea ni kai: king by right of conquest.
uea ni Mainiku: the Magi.
a. ae uea, n uea: royal.
ex. e uea: he is king, he reigns.
te waka uea: the taproot, main root.
n. ueau, ueam: my, thy, kingdom, reign.
na. utu n uea: royal family, royal blood.
ex. ba n uea: the reigning family.
niba n uea: of royal origin, prince.
uea makimaki: king for a day (one who eats all his taro, goes through all his riches in a short time).
vc. kauea: to make, to proclaim king.
vc. kakauea: to act the king, to play the great personage, to be pretentious.
syn. baka n uea.

uka. n.
name of the first man (myth.).
uka1. vt.
to take off lid, to open, to uncover.
uka2. from. uki.
vt.
to blow on, to blow out, to blow away, to cool by blowing on.
vc. kauka: to drink neat, to eat or swallow unadulterated.

unibotoa. vt.
to diverge from a central point or converge to ...
ex. e uniboto te iti: the flashes of lightning come from the same spot.
ex. a unibotoiko: they are all unanimously for (or against) you.

unrake. a.
going against, fighting against, rebelling against.
v.
to refuse, to get one's back up, to go against the current, to be stubborn.
vt. unrakea: to go against, to fight opposition, to persist, be stubborn against.
vc. kaunrakea: to make ..., opposed to, to excite against, to persist in doing the opposite.

uri. n.
a tree bearing odoriferous flowers very common in Gilbert Islands.
ex.
species: uri rereba, uri tangare, ure tabuki:
myth. te uri ni kananoanga, te uri ni kanewe: the uri where souls hang lamenting for three days before going on to the land of the dead with Naka.
sn. Guettarda speciosa, fragaea, ochriosa paviflores.
a. uriuri: abundance of uri.
uri1. n.
a kind of religiousablution, sprinkling by taking up water in hands and pouring on head.
v.
to do this, to ..., sprinkle.

uriri. n. haste.
v.
to hasten, to go quickly.
ex. e uriri te bong: the day is approaching quickly.
vc. kauriria: to make hasten.
ex. te kawai ni kauriri: a shortcut, path through the forest, in the bush, parallel with road, where fewer people are met to retard one's progress.